Here is a partial snapshot of page 3 of the Thursday, September 7, 1922 edition of The Milford Mail announcing the birth of Elva Bernice Wray, the second child and daughter of Elmer and Dora Wray.
And on September 10, 1924, A.F. Smith, MD, of Milford, finally filed the birth to the Dickinson County Clerk to be recorded in the county birth record. Note the place of birth as Okoboji (Township), possibly at the Wray home.
On the front page and in the bottom left-hand corner of the November 4, 1920 Milford Mail is the birth announcement of Arlene Opal Wray. Arlene is the firstborn of Elmer and Dora Wray.
I made a trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yesterday. Thought I would go 'fishing' for any documents from Dickinson and Shelby Counties in Iowa that would relate to Elmer and Dora Wray. I found numerous items but the 'fish' that made my day was finding the marriage license for Elmer Wray and Dora Rehder. One thing that caught my eye was the marriage date. Everything that I've received over the years lists December 30th as the marriage date, then again, everything that I've received over the years has been passed down, nothing documented or verified. As you can see, the Shelby County courthouse has recorded December 21, 1919 as the marriage date.
